{"id":30212,"date":"2025-10-07T12:18:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/?page_id=30212"},"modified":"2025-10-07T12:25:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:25:39","slug":"gaias-journey-through-numbers-and-words","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/gaias-journey-through-numbers-and-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaia’s journey through numbers and words"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gaia’s journey through numbers and words<\/h1>\n

Activities to learn with joy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Gaia’s journey through numbers and words<\/em> is an illustrated book that strengthens the key early skills needed for reading, writing and numeracy<\/strong>. The book alternates a narrative part \u2013 Gaia\u2019s story – with a part of exercises that aim at facing small cognitive challenges engaging the child\u2019s body, mind and imagination<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Gaia\u2019s Journey<\/em> is not just an adventure \u2014 it is an invitation to believe in one\u2019s own abilities<\/strong>, to learn joyfully and to look at the world with eyes full of wonder.<\/p>\n

Find out more!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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For who?<\/p>\n

The book is designed to guide parents, educators, pedagogists and clinicians<\/strong> in supporting children\u2019s development of early literacy skills during the first years of life\u2014without stress, and through play, drawing, storytelling and curiosity. International research has shown that activities aimed at strengthening linguistic and phonological skills in preschool children can have highly positive effects on reading and writing development. They also help children approach future school learning with greater ease and confidence<\/strong>, while preventing difficulties.<\/p>\n

School and family should not try to anticipate primary education, but rather offer experiences that nurture both mind and heart<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  • creating opportunities to explore the body, rhythm and motor coordination;<\/li>\n
  • encouraging symbolic play, storytelling and free drawing;<\/li>\n
  • sharing reading, listening to children\u2019s stories, inviting them to ask questions and to imagine;<\/li>\n
  • offering logical games such as puzzles and building activities;<\/li>\n
  • welcoming mistakes and turning them into opportunities for growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Prerequisites are not goals to be achieved, but processes to be cultivated<\/strong>. Each child has their own rhythm and path, and the role of adults is to accompany them with patience, trust and competence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    THE EXERCISES<\/p>\n

    Young readers are guided through targeted exercises that strengthen:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Attention<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Spatial orientation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Letter and sound recognition<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Numbers and sequences<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Leaf through some pages translated into English to facilitate your evaluation of the product:<\/strong><\/p>\n